Brinkmanship between North Korea and South Korea heats up, and Israel launches airstrikes against Syria. Here's what you need to know.
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Quasi-war
A South Korean soldier at a barricade near the border. (Jung Yeon-Je/AFP/Getty Images)
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On August 16, the US and South Korea began annual joint military exercises, which the North denounced as training for an invasion; a few days later, on Thursday, the North fired at the South, and the South responded.
[CNN / Jethro Mullen and Kathy Novak]
Another combatant in Syria
An Israeli soldier in the Golan Heights, from earlier today. (Ahmad Gharabli/AFP/Getty Images)
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VERBATIM
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"In 1860s Manhattan, young men and women in search of some excitement could duck into a little stationery shop uptown, open the unmarked notebook on the counter, and scribble a message to all the other strangers who were in on the secret."
[Slate / Amanda Hess]
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"While the biggest hacks to receive attention lately — the Sony hack, the Fappening's nude-celebrity-photo link, and Ashley Madison — may have targeted groups that are easily held at a distance, that won't always be the case."
[NY Mag / Heather Havrilesky]
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"In 1923, my grandfather arrived in New York after an eight week voyage from Ireland. He lived in the city his entire life, and even though he passed away when I was 10, he made sure to pass down some of the valuable lessons that he learned before he died — sage advice like 'The hot dog stand on 54th Street sells loosies for a quarter' and 'Always tip your barkeep, even if he's a Protestant.’"
[Millennials of New York]
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